Many Entries In Snowman Contest



Many Entries In Snowman Contest This week, the print edition of The Herald contains 10 entries in its ongoing Snowman Contest. The photos included this one made by five-year-old Wendy Woodin, as well as another photo of two snowmen carrying a (real) dead fox. What other newspaper carries such stuff! Send YOUR snowman photo to The Herald and qualify for […]

Richburg Named Chamber’s Executive of the Year



Richburg Named Chamber’s Executive of the Year Building contractor Larry Richburg, a former selectman, was named the Outstanding Business Executive of the Year by the Randolph Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting lastd Friday at VTC. Last year’s winner, VTC President Ty Handy, paid tribute to Richburg in announcing the award. In addition to being one of the Randolph […]

New State Law Changes Town Meeting



New State Law Changes Town Meeting By M.D. Drysdale There’s a new reason to go to Town Meeting in Randolph next Tuesday: For a change, you can actually talk about the important issues you’ll be voting on—thanks to the Warren Preston Law. (Places and times for town and school meetings in 16 towns are listed separately on page two.) A […]

South Royalton Fire Leaves Family Homeless



South Royalton Fire Leaves Family Homeless By M.D. Drysdale Donations of food, clothing, and other essentials have cascaded in to benefit a South Royalton family that lost their home and all their belongings in a fire Monday afternoon. The home of Jim and Gloria Kinnarney and their two younger chidren, Jen and Jake, was destroyed by a fire that may […]

3 Fires Finally Destroy Home in Bethel Gilead



3 Fires Finally Destroy Home in Bethel Gilead By Chris Costanzo A strange series of three fires last week eventually destroyed the vacation home of Andre Charbonneaux on Gilead Brook Road. Though the house was burned to the ground, nobody was hurt. Piecing the whole thing together after talking with neighbors and with the Bethel Fire Department, it seems that […]

Bysel Realty Merges



With N.E. Land Co. By M.D. Drysdale A merger of two Randolph real estate agencies was announced this week, a step that will leave a vacancy in one of the village’s downtown storefronts. Dennis Brown, proprietor of Bysel Realty, Inc., announced his firm will merge with New England Land, the real estate arm of the Green Mountain Stock Farm development […]

Police Report Three Burglaries in Area



Police Report Three Burglaries in Area     Early February saw a rash of burglaries in Randolph, Chelsea, and Tunbridge—three in homes and one in a business, state police reported last week. The series of events started sometime during Friday night, Feb. 6 or early Saturday morning Feb. 7, when a burglar forced open the front door of the Pines […]

Casella Trash Deal: No Free Recycling



Casella Trash Deal: No Free Recycling By M.D. Drysdale Casella Waste Management is proposing a new trash contract with the town of Randolph which, for the first time, would require charges for recycled materials, while also raising the price for regular trash. Casella’s Todd Deuso took questions from a gathering of 25 people Friday night at VTC’s Old Dorm after […]

Freitag Victim of E-mail Scam, Shares His Cautionary Tale



Freitag Victim of E-mail Scam, Shares His Cautionary Tale By John Freitag Well, it has happened. Your Strafford Herald correspondent was taken in by an E-mail scam. Here is how it worked—I subscribe to a Microsoft network account and there are periodic updates for the “Windows Live Team” about changes and upgrades to the service. One day, I opened my […]

Town Meeting Time(s)



Town Meeting Time(s) All 16 towns in The Herald’s coverage area will hold their Town Meetings next week, and most will conduct their annual school district meetings as well. Listed below are dates, times and places: BARNARD: School Meeting starts at 10 a.m., Tuesday, at the Town Hall; the town meeting follows. Lunch available at noon. BETHEL: Town Meeting at […]